Fremont, CA – March 4,
2019 – Blackmagic Design today announced that
German Bundesliga football club, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, has overhauled its
internal production and live broadcast capabilities with the implementation of
an UltraHD 4K solution based around Blackmagic Design.

A third place finish in
last season’s Bundesliga secured the club an automatic, first-time
qualification for the UEFA Champions League 2018-19. Prompted by this new
journey, the production team at TSG wanted to overhaul its existing SD
infrastructure, and improve its streaming platform, TSG.TV.

Enlisting the help of
production partner GBMS GmbH, the club’s new workflow was developed around the
ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K and a pair of ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panels,
used in tandem to production multiple live program mixes simultaneously.
As well as big screen coverage for spectators in the PreZero Arena, the
program mixes include behind the scenes infotainment, statistics and graphics
which are sent to LED screens distributed throughout the public areas and to
the business club.

According to Maurice
Gundt at GBMS, “Whatever we implemented for TSG had to streamline and simplify
its video workflows while improving handling for higher resolution formats and
general system usability. That meant a complete modernization of the
club’s existing infrastructure. From a technical and financial standpoint,
Blackmagic Design was the obvious choice.”

There are always
external broadcasters at the stadium on a match day and so TSG wanted to
have a system in place that could match that level of broadcast quality.
Gundt adds, “And a series of Mini Converter Optical Fiber 12G allows TSG
to take a clean feed from those external broadcasters, and seamlessly work
those pictures into the club’s own production mix.”

GMBS has also developed
a small portable production unit (PPU) for the club, featuring an ATEM
Television Studio HD, HyperDeck Studio Mini and Blackmagic Web Presenter, to
cover away matches, press conferences, training updates and information, by
sending feeds via Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) to Facebook and
YouTube simultaneously.

The 4K solution now in
place at TSG’s PreZero Arena affords far greater flexibility, as external
events and corporate clients can now come in and make use of the stadium’s in
house video resources. “We added an extra edit seat to accommodate
a larger team, but the technical specification of the workflow means TSG
is fully prepared for any event requirements,” says Frank Briel, general manager
of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

“We have been really
impressed with the quality of content production that can be achieved with the
solution, not only within the stadium but also out on the road,” concludes
Briel. Holger Kliem, head of media and PR at TSG adds, “Wherever we are in the
world, we can be assured of consistent and high quality production
capabilities, thanks to Blackmagic Design, which our fans across the world can
immediately access.”

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creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film
cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live
production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film
scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast
industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched
a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the
company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated
the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground
breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D
and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and
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